The book of SASESUKYEI(四書釋義) is understood to be Josun
(朝鮮)’s Style, which is the name of Neo-Confucianism introduced
in the early Joseon period, and it is evaluated as a text that
faithfully reflects Lee's unique view. Lee Yulgok(李栗谷)'s
SASESUKYEI(四書釋義) provided guidelines for the Joseon
Dynasty' s Writings and had a great influence on the interpretation
of the later scholars' accounts. However, the same two signatures
were misleading because of the publishing process, compilation
process, internal conflicts, and uncertain distribution channels.
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the differences between
the Toegye(退溪) school SASESUKYEI(四書釋義) and the books
published in the Yulgok school and to illuminate the academic
meanings of them. The order of the discussion is as follows: First,
I analyze the data related to the interpretation of the Yulgok school
of the Toegye school of the 16-17th century. Second, we trace
the compilation process of books published in both schools. Third,
the effects of the two data on the present and future periods were
analyzed.
There are five books on the interpretation of the Toegye school
book. A SASESUKYEI(四書釋義) held in a national institute,
TOEGUEYOUNGHAKSUKYI (退溪庸學釋義辨吳) held in a Sosoo
Museum(紹修博物館), A SASESUKYEI(四書釋義) held in a
Kyungpook National University Library, SASEGILYEI (四書質疑) by
GumBo(琴輔), SASEGILYEI(四書質疑) by YiDukHong(李德弘). Most
of these materials were presumed to have been compiled by Yi
Hwang, or were directly or indirectly involved in the compilation
by the disciples just before the eruption.
This book was published in the Toegye school and the Yulgok
school in the same way, but its history and purpose of compilation
started from different points. The book of Yiwang is the collection
of the result of the old result which circulated in the present day.
However, Lee 's book has no record of his involvement in the
compilation of this text, and his point of view is the correct
interpretation of the soju and the interpretation of the. Therefore,
the two texts are only the same as the signatures, but they are
different data for purpose of compilation, personality, history, and
tradition. In addition, the two texts have different meanings within
the school.